# Die adjunkminister van Polisie, Polly Boshielo, verwerp bewerings dat ongedokumenteerde buitelanders geteiken word. Meer as 40-duisend onwettige buitelanders is sedert begin vanjaar aangekeer, meer as sewe-duisend net die afgelope maand, terwyl die regering onwettige immigrasie teenwerk en grensveiligheid versterk. Boshielo sê die migrasie-bestuurstrategie in verskeie staatsdepartemente fokus op alle rasse en nasionaliteite:
# Deputy minister of Police, Polly Boshielo, has refuted claims that undocumented foreign nationals are being targeted. Over 40-thousand illegal foreign nationals have been arrested since the beginning of this year, with over seven-thousand-400 arrests made in the past month alone, as government intensifies efforts to tackle illegal immigration and strengthen border security. Boshielo says […]
# Die onderwysaktivis Hendrick Makaneta daag diegene wat kinders van buitelanders die skuld gee vir oorvol klasse in Suid-Afrika uit om dit te bewys. Data dui aan dat 98,2-persent van leerders in skole Suid-Afrikaanse burgers is, en slegs 1,8-persent buitelanders. Makaneta sê die regering moet eerder daarop fokus om meer skole te bou en te […]
# Die vakbondfederasie Cosatu verwelkom die kredietgraderingsagentskap Fitch se jongste gradering van Eskom as ‘n positiewe mosie van vertroue. Die kragvoorsiener se langtermyn-gradering is opgradeer van B na B-plus na die onlangse opgradering van Suid-Afrika se soewereine kredietgradering. Dis ‘n kritieke tyd vir Eskom, wat sy langtermyn bedryfs-omkeerplan uitvoer. Matthew Parks van Cosatu sê nadat […]
# Education activist, Hendrick Makaneta, has challenged those who blame children of foreign nationals for overcrowding in South African schools to provide evidence for their claims. Data indicates that 98.2-percent of learners in the country’s schools are South African citizens, while only 1.8-percent are foreign nationals. Makaneta says instead of blaming foreign children, government should […]
# Die Anglikaanse Kerk van Suider-Afrika is bekommerd oor die geweld teen buitelanders wat in Suid-Afrika woon. Betogings teen buitelanders neem toe. Die kerk se vikaris-generaal, eerwaarde Stephen Diseko, sê hulle glo immigrasiewette moet afgedwing word, maar deur die betrokke owerhede en nie deur oproeriges nie. Hy vra diegene wat vyandigheid teenoor buitelanders aanvuur om […]
# Union federation Cosatu has welcomed international ratings agency Fitch’s latest credit rating on Eskom, saying this is a positive vote of confidence. Fitch has raised the power utility’s long-term issuer default rating from B to B+, following a recent upgrade of South Africa’s sovereign credit rating. This comes at a critical time for the […]
# The Anglican Church of Southern Africa has expressed concern about the violence and brutality being inflicted on foreign nationals living in South Africa. This comes as anti-foreigner protests around the country continue to gather pace. The Anglican Church’s Vicar-General, Reverend Stephen Diseko, says while they believe that immigration laws should be enforced, they should be implemented by the […]
# Die minister van Indiensneming en Arbeid, Nomakhosazana Meth, sê Suid-Afrika het bewys eenheid is krag en dialoog is mag in ‘n wêreld wat sukkel met ongelykheid, digitale ontwrigting en geslags-gapings. Sy het die 114de sitting van die Internasionale Arbeidskonferensie in Genéve, Switserland, bygewoon waar besprekings gewentel het om die wêreld van werk, maatskaplike dialoog […]